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There has been a lot of debate about safe practices after COVID-19 vaccination on twitter. Some thoughts:
1. There are varying levels of expertise with some folks in a better position to communicate because of their knowledge and experiences
1. There are varying levels of expertise with some folks in a better position to communicate because of their knowledge and experiences
2. Even those who are the most knowledgeable are not necessarily the best health communicators. Health communication is its own field. Health communication during disasters, disaster risk communication, is a subfield
3. Social media platforms have varying affordances (design features that determine how they can be used) that can help or hinder disaster risk communication. There are limitations and benefits to the use of twitter for disaster communication https://www.jmir.org/2020/12/e21886
4. Even the best disaster risk communication does not stop people from taking information out of context and using it for its their own purposes. This is not new or unique to social media
I don't think there are easy solutions to these issues. A start may be for topical experts work w/ health communication experts or at a minimum get health communication training.
The challenge for both types of experts is that we have both a novel disease and a novel enduring disaster on evolving communication mediums @DrPoorman @tnicholsmd @adamcifu
